The
following interview was conducted at the Natsume
residence in Nerima, Tokyo. I arrived in time for
afternoon tea, which was very charmingly served by
Nuku Nuku. In the text of the interview, SN stands
for Sarah-neko, NN for Nuku Nuku and R for
Ryunosuke.
SN:
Thank you. These are awfully good cookies. Did you
make them?
NN:
Yes, and Ryunosuke helped cut them out.
SN:
I must ask you for the recipe before I leave. Ahem.
So, I'd like to ask you a few questions about
yourselves, your lives, for this website I'm
making.
NN:
Go ahead!
SN:
Nuku Nuku - does it ever bother you to be the
centre of attention so often?
NN:
No! Nuku Nuku loves playing with her friends. I get
a little bored when no-one comes to play with me.
Of course, I have Papa-san and Ryu for
company.
SN:
I was thinking more of the attention you get from
men?
NN
(blinks): From men?
R:
You know, like Yoshimi-chan's uncle
Shinichi.
NN:
Oh, right! He was so nice to me! But he was nice to
all of us. I don't think I was the centre of
attention.
SN:
What about the boys at school?
NN
(laughs and waves her hands): They're just being
friendly! They've all been really kind since I
started there. I never have to carry my own books
or open a door or anything. I'm not sure why they
want to do those things for me, of course... I'm
lucky to have so many wonderful friends.
SN:
Do you have girl friends too?
NN:
You mean apart from Eimi-chan, Arisa-chan and
Kyoko-chan? Not really. I'm not sure why, but the
other girls at school don't talk to me a
lot.
R:
They're just jealous because all the boys want to
talk to you.
NN:
Really? That's awful! I'll have to tell the boys to
talk to them too.
SN:
Uh, good idea. Ryunosuke, how do you feel about
having such a popular big sister?
R:
It's okay except for having to answer the door to
the Interflora guy all the time. Some of them have
found out where she lives now.
SN:
And what's going on for you at the
moment?
R:
I'm in the softball team at school, and I've just
started karate lessons at the Tendo dojo near here.
They make my family look normal.
NN:
Ryu, that's not a very nice thing to
say.
R:
Well, it's true. Have you ever noticed how scared
Ranma-san is of you? What's with
that?
SN:
Maybe he just has a crush on her so he's
shy?
R:
Do you run screaming from people you have crushes
on when they come to collect people from lessons?
One time when he couldn't see anywhere else to go
he went up a tree.
NN:
I think his little sister is scared of me
too.
R:
Ranma-san hasn't got any sisters.
NN:
He hasn't? She looks so like him!
SN:
Uh, I think we're getting a little off-track here.
Nuku Nuku, what are your plans for the
future?
NN:
I'm going to take a nap and have a bath and see if
I can find any interesting-looking bugs.
(beams)
SN:
Uh, anything more long-term than that?
NN:
Long-term?
R:
She's gonna stay here with me and Dad, of course!
Or maybe we'll be moving back in with Mum. I think
maybe they're thinking about getting back together
but I'm not sure and I don't want to jinx
it.
NN:
Mama-san sent Papa-san a chocolate mail bomb on
Valentine's Day.
R:
For Mum, that's really mushy.
SN:
Sounds interesting! I'll have to ask him about that
when I interview him.
R:
You can still see some of it stuck to the ceiling
in the hall.
NN:
I'll have to get a stepladder and clean that
off.
SN:
Is he home now? Could I talk to him?
NN:
Sure! He's in his little den.
SN:
Thank you both for being so helpful!
NN:
You're welcome. It was fun!
R:
I'll warn you now, he's been up for about three
days...
The
interview concluded, I went to find Natsume
Kyusaku...
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